NFL Players With Disabilities

Disability Attorneys Serving People Across the Country

Throughout their careers, NFL players sacrifice their bodies and minds
when they give their all on the football field. Unfortunately, the combination
of frequent high-speed collisions, hits to the head, and numerous field
injuries often result in disability. Many former NFL players with disabilities
become unable to work at all after retiring from professional football.
Our NFL players disability
lawyers can help you.

Currently, most former professional football players attention remains
focused on the NFL concussion settlement and the NFL’s repeated
attempts to reduce its liability. However, it is important that former
NFL players understand that in addition to any potential recovery under
the concussion settlement, they may also be entitled to total and permanent
disability benefits.

Disability Available to NFL Players

As a result of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NFL and
the NFLPA, retired NFL players who are substantially prevented or unable
to work in any occupation may be entitled to Total and Permanent disability
benefits. If found to be totally and permanently disabled, former players
will receive a disability benefit payment every month. The NFL’s
disability plan has four separate classifications of total and permanent
disability.

The amount each player is entitled to receive depends on which classification
the player falls within. Additionally, a former football player who is
not totally and permanently disabled could be entitled to line of duty
benefits from the NFL if they incur a substantial disablement as a result
of playing professional football. The NFL disability attorneys in our
firm have experience helping former NFL players get disability benefits
from the NFL’s disability plan.

Determining Eligibility for Disability Benefits

Sometimes the NFL disability committee will approve a former player for
totally and permanently disabled benefits by placing the player in the
incorrect category. If this happens, the player may be receiving far fewer
disability benefits than he is entitled to receive from the NFL disability plan.

Call (800) 969-0488 to
schedule a free consultation with one of our NFL players disability lawyers today. We can help with
your NFL disability benefits case.

The information on this website is for general information purposes only.
Nothing on this site should be taken as legal advice for any individual
case or situation. This information is not intended to create, and receipt
or viewing does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship.

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